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682 Notable deaths
by heart failure
Isabelle Sadoyan
French actress.
Born May 12th, 1928 in 2nd arrondissement of Lyon. [ref]
Died July 10th, 2017 at 89 years old in Saint-Didier-au-Mont-d'Or (heart failure). [ref]
Josef Posipal
German footballer (1927-1997).
Born June 20th, 1927 in Lugoj.
Died February 21st, 1997 at 69 years old in Hamburg (heart failure).
Halina Poświatowska
Polish poet.
Born May 9th, 1935 in Częstochowa.
Died October 11th, 1967 at 32 years old in Warsaw (heart failure). [ref]
Fernando Cardenal
Nicaraguan jesuit (1934-2016).
Born January 26th, 1934 in Granada.
Died February 20th, 2016 at 82 years old in Managua (heart failure).
Sergei Mylnikov
Russian ice hockey player (1958–2017).
Born October 6th, 1958 in Chelyabinsk.
Died June 20th, 2017 at 58 years old in Moscow (heart failure). [ref]
Hubert von Meyerinck
German actor (1896–1971).
Born August 23rd, 1896 in Potsdam.
Died May 13th, 1971 at 74 years old in Hamburg (heart failure).
Marlene Ahrens
Chilean athletics competitor.
Born July 27th, 1933 in Concepción.
Died June 17th, 2020 at 86 years old (heart failure). [ref]
Dan Morgenstern
American jazz historian (1929–2024).
Born October 24th, 1929 in Munich.
Died September 7th, 2024 at 94 years old in New York City (heart failure). [ref]
Péter Palotás
Hungarian footballer (1929-1967).
Born June 27th, 1929 in Budapest District III.
Died May 17th, 1967 at 37 years old in Budapest District XII (heart failure). [ref]
Jafar Jabbarly
Azerbaijani playwright, poet, director and screenwriter (1899-1934).
Born March 20th, 1899 in Khizi.
Died December 31st, 1934 at 35 years old in Baku (heart failure).
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When we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings. Sogyal Rinpoche